Pipe cleaner



Jan. 5 1926'. 1,568,393

, s. F. ABERNATHY PIPE CLEANER Filed June 1 1925 Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL FRANKLIN ABERNATHY, OF ROANOKE, ALABAMA.

PIPE CLEANER.

Application filed June 1, 1925.

To all whom ,it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL FRANKLIN Asnnnivrny, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in the county of Bandolph and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Pipe Cleaner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cleaners for sewo' and other pipes and the object thereof is to provide a simple and QlllClQllt device of this character for cutting out roots in sewers and removing other obstructions.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which may be pushed from the man hole in a sewer through the pipe until it comes to the next man hole at which point the device with the obstructions may be removed.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l representsa side elevation of a pipe cleaner constructed in accordance with this invention;

Figure is a longitudinal section thereof;

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

In the embodiment illustrated a handle member 1 is shown which is preferably made tubular in form for lightness and to the outer end of which is designed to be secured a pipe, not shown for pushing the device through a sewer.

Metal straps 2 and 3 are secured at one end to the handle 1 at diametrically opposite sides and project beyond said end, the projecting portions diverging as shown at 4C for a portion of their length and then extending forwardly parallel with each other as shown at Serial No. 34,154.

Metal bands 6 and 7 are secured to the members 5 at longitudinally spaced points and are designed as supports for the obstruction removing scoop members 8 and 9 which are semi-cylindrical or arcuate in cross section and are riveted to the bands 6 and 7 The member S terminates short of the member 9 and the outer ends of both of said members are flared and sharpened to provide cutting lips 10.

By forming the cutting members 8 and 9 of diiierent lengths and arranging them at di metrically opposite points one of said members will cut roots during the passing of the device through the pipe at one point and the other at another point thereby ensuring cutting and pushing forward of all roots.

This device while primarily intended for cutting roots in sewers may also be used for dragging chunks of paper and other obstructions through the sewer and delivering them at the man hole.

I claim 1. A pipe cleaner com 'irising-a handle member having diverging arms secured thereto, said arms merging at their front ends into parallel arms, annular bands connee-ting said arms in longitudinally spaced relation, and cleaning blades carried by said bands and spaced peripherally from each other, one of said blades being longer than the other.

A pipe cleaner comprising a. handle member having diverging arms secured thereto, said arms merging at their front ends into parallel arms, annular bands connecting said arms in longitudinally spaced relation, and cleaning blades carried by said bands and spaced peripherally from each other, one of said blades being longer than the other, the front ends or said blades being flared and provided with sharp lips.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my sig nature.

SAM FRANK ABER-NATHY. 

